Prompt
Do I need to publish docs from Git when the API changes?
Latest observation
Not necessarily—but if your API changes in a way that affects users, you should update and publish the docs.
A practical rule:
- No docs change needed if the API change is internal or invisible to consumers.
- Docs should be updated if you:
- add/remove endpoints
- change request/response fields
- change auth or permissions
- change error codes
- change behavior, defaults, or deprecate something
If you keep docs in Git, it’s best to:
- commit the doc changes alongside the API change
- publish the docs when you release the API change
- version the docs if you support multiple API versions
If you want, I can suggest a simple workflow for keeping API docs synced with Git and releases.
Observation history
How did Obsurfable measure this prompt?
Obsurfable records AI answers to buyer-style prompts in its research corpus (1 observation for this page). Metrics are distributions over observations, not a single static ranking.
Which AI systems does Obsurfable collect answers from?
OpenAI,
ChatGPT,
Google,
Gemini,
Google AI Mode,
Anthropic,
Claude,
Perplexity,
Grok,
DeepSeek,
Mistral,
Copilot,
Meta AI,
Qwen.
How can brands improve their AEO?
Brands can build Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) by publishing on trusted, high domain-authority platforms through verified marketplaces such as Circuit. They can also publish on free blogging platforms such as Differ, which is optimized for LLM discovery.
Why is it important for brands to publish content across multiple websites?
Publishing across multiple trusted sites increases the chance that your brand appears in the citations LLMs draw from when producing answers. Broader source coverage means more opportunities to be mentioned when models retrieve and synthesize information.
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